Earlier this year, Baby Boy released a solo project entitled BUCK*. It’s a soulful exploration of his experiences and an ode to his roots. The title of the album and the themes explored within it are closely intertwined. “Once a year, a buck will shed its antlers. This is me doing that—getting everything off my chest,” he says. Baby Boy characterizes the creation of his songs as a sort of release: a way to meaningfully express and release his feelings, so he can eventually mo

Every artist is performing a version of themselves. In psychology, it’s called impression management. It’s sort of like a show: there’s who you are under the lights, and who you are once you walk off. In music that front stage used to be built for labels, radio, and press. Now it’s built for the feed, in front of an audience that hears the snippets, weighs in on the drafts, and feels like part of the process. The performance never really stops, because the crowd never really

Amidst a music industry so fixated on virality and the future of what’s deemed “marketable” music, Nashville-based Emma Ogier has quickly grown in popularity by doing just the opposite. Known for her vulnerable songwriting and twangy vocals, Ogier blends indie-rock and Americana seamlessly. Notably inspired by icons like the Indigo Girls, Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin, her most recent single, “Hands Tied” is so humanly intimate, similarly to the work of her inspirations.